John Kehoe
Economics Editor at Australian Financial Review
Australian Financial Review, Economics Editor. Today Show finance commentator. Ex Washington corro. Sports broadcaster (AFL,basketball,tennis). Treasury alum
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afr.com | Phillip Coorey |John Kehoe
Apr 10, 2025 – 8.07pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? The government and economists have pilloried a Coalition plan to establish a new investment fund to help pay down debt, arguing it will have the opposite effect. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the best way to pay down debt was to use unexpected revenue to directly reduce the deficit, not park that revenue in a new fund.
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afr.com | Jennifer Hewett |John Kehoe
Australia’s business leaders will confront Treasurer Jim Chalmers to warn that Donald Trump’s tariffs make it even more urgent to lift Australia’s dismal productivity and competitiveness. But a deeply frustrated business community is pessimistic this will prompt necessary change despite the massive new pressures on the Australian economy. Loading...
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afr.com | John Kehoe |Michael Read
Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor have traded blows over the cost of living, business investment and who is best to manage Donald Trump’s disruptions, but they fell short of laying out a reform agenda that business leaders and economists have been calling for. In their first election debate, the treasurer said a second-term Labor government would be best placed to manage the uncertainty in the global economy caused by Trump’s trade war.
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afr.com | Michael Read |John Kehoe
Apr 9, 2025 – 4.12pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Commonwealth Bank of Australia chief economist Luke Yeaman has warned the economic pain from Donald Trump’s trade disruption will not end soon and tariffs could go higher, as the US president digs in for a protracted fight against China.
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afr.com | John Kehoe
Apr 8, 2025 – 4.17pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? ‘Follow our live coverage of the 2025 federal election’As Australians fret about the falling value of their superannuation balances and stock portfolios, they should worry less about the talk in the election campaign about a recession hitting our shores. Loading...
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A private speech by Donald Trump's commerce secretary to Australian executives in Washington was a jaw-dropper and a wake-up call about the next steps in the upheaval. https://t.co/7ozWM2YryV
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A big Monday morning economics discussion on the election and Treasurer Jim Chalmers response to our deep dive magazine profile that reported he pressured RBA Governor Michele Bullock @TheTodayShow https://t.co/BSIOkJSwpr https://t.co/8h1sbbjhwo